All-time legal marijuana sales have surpassed $3 billion in Missouri, once September’s totals are added.

According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, there was a $117.43 million worth of legal marijuana and marijuana products (concentrates, edibles, tinctures, etc.) sold in September, a slight decrease from the $126 million sold in August. $103.35 of September’s sales were purchased by recreational consumers, with medical marijuana patients representing $14.08 million in marijuana sales.

The year-to-date total is now around $1.1 billion, with all-time sales now at $3,021,970,000.
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Maine’s Office of Cannabis Policy (OCP) has widened a recall on recreational marijuana products from Nova Farms due to possible contamination with bacteria, yeast, and mold.

The photo above shows the product packaging for the Frosted Cookies 1-ounce pre-ground flower (batch number ending in 5189), 3-gram pre-rolls (5195), and 1/8-ounce pre-ground flower (5216). Emphasis has been added to the photo to show where on the label consumers can find the product’s batch number.

Initially issued on October 11, the recall targeted “Frosted Cookies” products sold between September 17 and October 8. Expanded on October 19, the recall now covers products sold by nine additional retailers across the state from August 30 to October 14. The OCP attributed the recall to “data irregularities” in lab testing results, emphasizing that an investigation is underway to understand the contamination’s scope and cause.

The recalled products include various forms of “Frosted Cookies,” such as flower, pre-rolls, and blunts, found at 23 retail outlets. The contamination reportedly showed elevated levels of aerobic bacteria, Enterobacteriaceae, yeast, and mold. Consumption of contaminated cannabis can lead to sinus issues, headaches, flu-like symptoms, and fatigue.
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Smart & Safe Florida, the nonprofit political committee sponsoring the marijuana legalization initiative Amendment 3, has raised over $120 million.

According to the Florida Division of Elections, Smart & Safe Florida has raised $121,717,339.03 in support of Amendment 3, as of October 21. The most recent donation was on October 18, with Trulieve giving another $10 million, adding to the tens of millions they’ve already donated.

Amendment 3 would make recreational marijuana a constitutional right. Under the proposed law, those 21 and older would be allowed to possess and use up to three ounces of dried marijuana flower and up to five grams of marijuana concentrates. These products would be available for purchase at licensed marijuana retail outlets and medical marijuana dispensaries with dual licenses.
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The Delaware Office of the Marijuana Commissioner (OMC) held its inaugural marijuana licensing lottery today, marking the first step in awarding marijuana business licenses in the state.

The event, conducted at 9 a.m., randomly selected from 727 applications across multiple categories, excluding retail licenses, which will be drawn in a separate lottery in December due to the high volume of applications.

The lottery distributed licenses for categories such as cultivation, manufacturing, and testing across Kent and Sussex counties. In the open cultivation category, Kent County awarded 4 licenses out of 31 applications, while Sussex County granted 7 licenses from a pool of 27. The micro-cultivation category saw 6 licenses awarded in Kent and 8 in Sussex, with a similar distribution for social equity applicants.
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A bill that would protect marijuana users in federally assisted housing has gained its sixth cosponsor, with Congressmember Troy Carter (D-LA) the most recent to join the effort.

The Marijuana in Federally Assisted Housing Parity Act, introduced earlier this year by Congressmember Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) in the House and Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) in the Senate, seeks to allow state-legal marijuana use in public housing without fear of eviction.

The legislation, which has the support of Representatives Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Barbara Lee (D-CA), Earl Blumenauer (D-OR), and now Carter, would address the gap between state and federal marijuana laws, protecting tenants who comply with their state’s regulations on medical or recreational marijuana. This would apply to those living in public housing or Section 8 housing.
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The Massachusetts Cannabis Control Commission (CCC) has released sales data for the state’s legal marijuana industry for the first time since the end of June.

After a nearly four-month hiatus, the CCC has published marijuana sales data for July, August, September, and the first 13 days of October. Prior to this release, the last data was provided on June 30.

According to the CCC, a total of $536.6 million in legal marijuana was sold between July 1 and October 13. Approximately 90% of these sales — $484.7 million — came from recreational purchases, while medical marijuana patients accounted for $51.9 million during the same period.

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